Pakistan, a country located in
South-East Asia, has a population of about 220.9 million, as of 2020, according
to World Bank. A seemingly harmless country, Pakistan has become a nuclear
power, a position not rivaled by many, and has created a reputation.
Becoming a nuclear power, maintaining a position at the heart of Asian trade, developing strong ties with other countries, and getting international job
placements, and being a major exporter of raw minerals and materials for many countries,
it all came with only one thing, education.
Below, we have selected five of the most challenging degrees in Pakistan.
1.
MBBS
Gulf News, in a study conducted in
2020, acclaimed that almost 40,000 high-ranking Pakistani doctors are working
in the USA, UK, and other European countries. Still, this staggering figure has not
come easy for Pakistan. After 9-11 crisis, Afghanistan situation, a terrorist
image of Muslims in the world, it is a big deal for our country. But this
prestige and respect comes with a difficult choice to study MBBS in
Pakistani institutes. Today, medicinal studies have become the most in-demand,
crucial, but exceedingly difficult degree to gain and practice here, but the
hard work has paid off.
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2.
Chartered
Accountancy (CA)
Accounting has always remained a problematic
field of education for many students, not only in Pakistan but worldwide. There are only twenty institutes, and those too located in Karachi,
Islamabad, Faisalabad, Multan, Lahore, Sialkot, and Peshawar, registered by ICAP,
where one can get an approved CA degree, according to Ilmkiduniya.
CA has been declared one of the most demanding degrees to get admission in and then complete by Pakistan Today, Talib, and Pro Pakistani.
3.
Engineering
Engineering has a large scope in
Pakistan, and nearly all colleges and universities of Pakistan have included it
in college education, undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate programs. They are even offering it as short-term diplomas. Although a widely available and in-demand option because of its wide scope applications like civil, mechanical,
chemical, software, and much more, it is increasingly difficult to pursue this
degree as long-term. That is because, according to The News (2020), after
completing the degree, most engineering students cannot find a well-paid
job or independent projects because the field is already saturated with many
experienced professionals.
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4.
Mathematics
As a significant part of STEM education, mathematics
has remained a bane to students’ lives for many years because of its
ever-increasing difficulty level. The demanding subject has become so complex that
The Express Tribune published an article about how primary education students were taught the course with technicalities far above their learning
skills. The report also gave statistics that during a NEAS (National Education
Assessment System) test 2017, the students of grade four scored an average of
433 out of 1,000, a shocking figure. Thus, so far, the advanced mathematics
taught becomes the most challenging subject in Pakistan. This situation has
become so rough that Pakistan’s rank reached down to 103rd in the
International Mathematic Olympiad, 2021.
5.
History
History is hard to teach. It is not a bounded field of knowledge that can
be conveyed in stages and steps. It does not operate by rules or predictable
patterns. It cannot be segmented into separate elements without dying.
